Adding Another Leg to a Booking

[NoName]

Can I add another leg to a classic award and have them joined together?

Currently have MEL-LAX on QF in F and am thinking I might prefer to fly to Vegas rather than Drive. Can I simply ring up and have LAX-LAS on AA added to the booking (same day and there is current availability)? Points cost is the same so would just be a few extra $$.


Also, if this is done, which lounges will I have access to during the transit in LAX? I'm assuming QF Flounge (is it open when QF93 arrives?) and AA Flagship lounge?

 

[Red Roo]

Can I add another leg to a classic award and have them joined together?

Currently have MEL-LAX on QF in F and am thinking I might prefer to fly to Vegas rather than Drive. Can I simply ring up and have LAX-LAS on AA added to the booking (same day and there is current availability)? Points cost is the same so would just be a few extra $$.


Also, if this is done, which lounges will I have access to during the transit in LAX? I'm assuming QF Flounge (is it open when QF93 arrives?) and AA Flagship lounge?

Hi, please private message your membership number and I'd be glad to let you know which lounges you'll have access to. In regards to adding a flight, it would be best to contact our reservations team on 13 13 13.

Red Roo

 

[marki]

Hi, please private message your membership number and I'd be glad to let you know which lounges you'll have access to. In regards to adding a flight, it would be best to contact our reservations team on 13 13 13.

Red Roo

So happy your around thanks red Roo

 

[NoName]

Can I add another leg to a classic award and have them joined together?

Currently have MEL-LAX on QF in F and am thinking I might prefer to fly to Vegas rather than Drive. Can I simply ring up and have LAX-LAS on AA added to the booking (same day and there is current availability)? Points cost is the same so would just be a few extra $$.

Anyone have any luck doing this lately?

With the situation above last year I had no issues adding LAX-LAS for just the change fee + AA copayment as it remained in zone 8 - 144k pts.

Just rang up to do similar and got a different story.

I have BNE-SYD-LAX in J/F for 144k pts and wanted to add LAX-LAS on as a connecting flight. The website tells me this is still in zone 8 so had assumed it would be just the change fee again. No, I'm told it has to be done as a seperate booking and would be change fee + additional pts for the LAX-LAS one way (in this case 16k in business).

The call centre staff had me on hold checking when I questioned it so it wasn't simply her saying this.

Am I being told the right thing or is it HUACA time?

 

[BAM1748]

Yes you should be able to link them after booking, but you'll need to do it over the phone. I've never had an issue linking rewards and paid after booking.

 

[NoName]

Yes you should be able to link them after booking, but you'll need to do it over the phone. I've never had an issue linking rewards and paid after booking.

What should the correct fee be though? Should I be forking out the extra 16k pts for LAX-LAS in J plus the change fee or should it only be the change since the original and final routing are both in zone 8?


Note these is all points booking. No paid booking.

 

[BAM1748]

No, you'll be forking out all those hard earned points as a separate booking, then call and link them. Doing it the other way will cost you the change fee. I'd just use the points and do it, the alternative could mean cancelling and rebooking and all that might go with that. You don't say when you're going but it might bump you off you have the last reward seat and cancel (another booking jumps in) and before you can rebook it's gone on the date you want.

 

[NoName]

Ok got you. So there is no way that the final points cost will not be 160k (144k + 16k) then?

If that's the case I will just wait till closer and look at paid options. Was only really interested if I can keep the cost of the ticket to 144k pts.

This is a bit irritating as the QF11 flight was booked as soon as it became available. With AA awards becoming available a month later it makes it quite impractical to add domestic connections on to QF award bookings in premium cabins.

 

[Kangol]

Anyone have any luck doing this lately?

With the situation above last year I had no issues adding LAX-LAS for just the change fee + AA copayment as it remained in zone 8 - 144k pts.

Just rang up to do similar and got a different story.

I have BNE-SYD-LAX in J/F for 144k pts and wanted to add LAX-LAS on as a connecting flight. The website tells me this is still in zone 8 so had assumed it would be just the change fee again. No, I'm told it has to be done as a seperate booking and would be change fee + additional pts for the LAX-LAS one way (in this case 16k in business).

The call centre staff had me on hold checking when I questioned it so it wasn't simply her saying this.

Am I being told the right thing or is it HUACA time?

HUACA. Ask to make a change to your BNE-SYD-LAX booking.
It is no different to making changes to a oneworld award, which is arguably the most cost effective way of booking a multiple segment, multiple stop classic award.

 

[Flying mermaid]

HUACA. Ask to make a change to your BNE-SYD-LAX booking.
It is no different to making changes to a oneworld award, which is arguably the most cost effective way of booking a multiple segment, multiple stop classic award.

yes I think the terminology you use is really important. When I did a similar thing last year I asked to add a sector and was told it wasn't possible, but after insisting it was the agent worked out that what they wanted to do was change the original booking and that was OK. So saying you want to add a sector, obviously means something very different to change a booking even though they sound the same.....